2. Balance Lithuania is located exactly in Geographical Center of Europe Jean-George Affholder, French National Geographic Institute, 1989 Lithuania 1 hr. shift from Moscow, Berlin, Parisand Madrid. 7 hrs. shift from Tokyo and New York
3. Situation and membership Lithuania is member of World Trade Organizationsince May 31, 2001 NATOsince March 29, 2004 European Unionsince May 1, 2004 Schengen Agreement since 21 December 2007. Lithuania is the most progressive EU member state in terms of harmonization of its national law with the EU legislation
4. Lithuania shortly European Business Ethics and EU regulations apply Direct, firm, brave and determined. Love innovations and technologies. Region leadership in retail, biotechnology, laser industry, ICT, policy, art synthesis and sports.
5. Society of educated people 2x average EU-15 in population with higher education 90% of Lithuanians speak at least one foreign language 50% of the population speaks 2 foreign languages
6. Fast 2 adaptation 1stin EU to implement the mobile signature solutions Bank account management Fixing of electronic signature to documents by mobile phone. E-banking systemsare used by over 80% of internet users.
7. Fast 2 transfer In EU 35, Lithuania is now the leading country with nearly 240,000 (18% HP) subscribers of FTTH at end December 2009. (Sweden 12%, Norway 11%) Fastest increasing of internet users in EU (2000-2009) – 834,9% 59,2% of citizens use internet (Europe average 52%)
8. Attractive prices Vilnius is the second lowest-cost European capital (ECA International) Lowest mobile communications service prices comparing to all EU countries (European Commission’s report 2005 about electronic communications markets and regulation) Minimal vacancy in A and B class office space (Colliers Int.) Class A office rent – 18 EUR/sqm – among the lowest in Europe
10. Lithuanian ICT in short Almost 2.000 ICT companies operate in Lithuania About 120 enterprises are members of InfoBalt association More than 15.000 ICT specialists 23.000 persons employed in ICT sector
11. Engineered in Lithuania MagicDraw UMLby NoMagic (www.magicdraw.com) Trusted brand among USA Global 500, NASA, and others The worlds first UML tool based on Java for variety of OS (since 1998) Lithuanian R&D, development and product management Distributed in 70+ countries MADI (Mobile AD Injection) by GetJar Baltic Advertising distribution for mobile platform 80% customers based in Silicon Valley (USA) Used worldwide (incl. Yahoo & Google) Cellular Expert by HNIT-Baltic
14. From Top 100 IT Services Companies in USA (Inc.com)
15.
16. Welcome to Lithuania! Your 1st contact in Lithuania for ICT solutions, innovations and business development is InfoBalt association www.infobalt.lt Let us serve you according to the best European traditions